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Farewell Tanka Poems

These Farewell Tanka poems are examples of Tanka poems about Farewell. These are the best examples of Tanka Farewell poems written by international poets.

Premium Member Autumn Reverie 2
baby star heralds
hail dawning gild glimmering
aloof flora wakes
leaves billow parting top wisp
breath orangey-red's farewell...

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© Hilo Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: autumn, beautiful, change, farewell,

Black Lotus
Sanguine souls melted, 
In last confessions of death 
As flames of crimson,
Draped their souls in lithe petals 
Of a black, gold-lined lotus....

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Categories: angst, black love, farewell,
Premium Member Tanka Xix
funeral parlor
I tiptoe in
to say goodbye--
in stealth flight
a fearless owl


Prev. Pub. in RIBBONS, Fall 2020
Vol 16 #3...

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Categories: farewell, funeral,
Premium Member Queen of the Night
As the queen, she rules
and all bow to her presence
as she graces the night.
Her heavenly white blossom
pierces the imagination.

Her fragrance descends 
and envelopes her subjects
as...

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Categories: beauty, flower, inspiration, loss,
Premium Member Day of the Dead
weep not when we die
don't let your life go awry
for the time was nigh
attributes were diminished
the mortal course now  finished

words were all written
no longer...

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© Ng Rippel  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: day, death, destiny, farewell,

The Secretary of Defense - Tanka 113
More rings than fingers
    A defensive juggernaut
           Playing and coaching
  ...

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Categories: appreciation, basketball, black african
Premium Member Flaming Farewell
The leaves are flaming,
and crackling in the cold wind,
Deep green is dying.
It's like gold sun's retreating,
or sunset of the season!...

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Categories: autumn, beauty, color, fire,
Premium Member Luscious Peaches
Baskets of peaches
Ripe, juicy, luscious and warm
Tangerine sun goes
Summer left these gifts behind
Like blooms of my memory

Flamingos soon dance
Along the edges of dusk
Beautiful endings
Preserves and...

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Categories: autumn, farewell, fruit, memory,
Premium Member Farewell Tanka
grandma's last night
sky bleeds in black
in the atrium
a dappled moonlight
weeps with me


20 February 2022


"A Brian Strand 1091" Poetry Contest
1st place...

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© Jcb Brul  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: death, emotions, funeral,
Premium Member In the Wind
a single leaf
clings to its branch
trembling in the wind
I watch you
walk away

12/22/2021...

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© P.S. Awtry  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: farewell,
Premium Member The Reviling
Loves control through Fear
Variant spouse-righteous blame
flat liner heart waves
thirty and four-lorn strangers
where does the time go...

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Categories: emotions, farewell, father, love
Premium Member Pacifist Politics
War preferentials
restless badgers prone to kill
no sides innocent
we clamor democracy
tendered grandeur destruction...

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Categories: america, death, farewell, father
Haiku Variations
Haiku Variations
by Michael R. Burch

This is a poem composed of haiku-like stanzas:


Variations on the Seasons I
by Michael R. Burch

Lift up your head
dandelion,
hear spring roar!

How will...

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Categories: tanka, autumn, farewell, seasons, snow,
Premium Member Regret
Laughter echoed as 
they danced like no tomorrow
their eyes full of love.
It could have been me tonight
if I just said I loved him.




The One that...

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Categories: farewell, lost love, love,
Ageing
I bid farewell to
the brash carnival of youth
and await the peace              ...

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Categories: age, celebration,

Book: Shattered Sighs